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Life does not always give us what we are expecting and can bring many challenges that make us question our ability to handle the pain. When Debbie’s oldest son, Alex, was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder at age seventeen after being hospitalized for nearly a month and then became addicted to drugs and alcohol, she wasn’t prepared for how to deal with what she would be up against over the next nine years and the fear, anxiety, and grief she would experience. read more

Healing hurt, pain, anger, and insecurity from past relationships is important to be able to lovingly communicate with your partner.

If you ever struggle with communication in your relationship, you may be unknowingly making assumptions.

Your assumptions about what you think your partner is saying play a huge role in how you hear and respond, without you even realizing what is happening.

An assumption can be based on your past…past hurt, past relationships that didn’t work out, things that trigger you, your thoughts about men and relationships based on your past, your fears because of past events.

When you assume things are a certain way or will work out a certain way, these assumptions affect and even define how you hear what your partner is saying.

For example, if you were hurt in a past relationship because you always felt alone and not cared about or loved, you may have had a past partner who always put himself first.  Deep down, you may assume this to be true of all men and/or your current partner.  So in a discussion with your partner when he comes home from work and says he forgot to stop at the store because he had a stressful day, you may assume he didn’t stop because he doesn’t care or even want to help you.

Or if you were hurt in a past relationship because your partner was having an affair with a coworker, you may assume he didn’t stop after work for you because he was busy flirting with his coworker.

In both of these instances, you may respond from hurt, anger, fear, distrust…rather than taking your partner at his word that he forgot because he had a stressful day.  This may even escalate into a full blown argument because neither of you feels heard or trusted.

Assumptions are generally from a past behavior you have experienced or observed, and are generally not true.  They override your ability to truly hear what your partner is telling you, drive your response, and break down loving communication in a relationship.

Becoming aware of this is a huge step towards loving communication.

If you need help overcoming hurt, pain, or insecurity from a past painful or toxic relationship and want to experience compassionate love, reach out to me for a free 30 minute clarity session.

Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🍁🍽

Wherever you are in your life, reflecting on what you can appreciate is your key 🔑 to a happy and fulfilled life.

While we don’t need a day to remind us to be thankful, we can still use this opportunity to reflect on what we are grateful for, in our lives and in our relationships.

Tony Robbins says “trade your expectation for appreciation and see your entire world change.”

When we focus on what we have that is good, we experience the positive emotions associated with those things. The more we do this on a regular basis, the more of our time we spend feeling good. And the more we are in this high vibration, the more we attract high vibration experiences into our lives.

However, when we focus on our expectations, and what is not being met, we feel emotions such as anger, resentment, hurt, anxiety. We don’t feel good. We don’t feel fulfilled. We don’t feel we are living our best life. And we attract more low vibration experiences from this space.

I love this saying by Tony Robbins because we are reminded that by shifting our focus from an unmet expectation to something we appreciate, we can reclaim our power to feel good in an instant.

Focusing on expectations that are not being met will always lead to unhappiness because we fuel the belief that life is not measuring up to our standards. This means we are looking outside ourselves, to our circumstances, for our happiness…we are leaving it up to others.

Reclaim your power to be happy and thankful! Try it now! Think of something, no matter how big or small, no matter if in the past or the present, that you appreciate. Focus on it, see it as if it’s happening right now, allow the positive feelings associated with it to flood your body and soul. Feel how empowering it is to be able to change your state by shifting your focus to something you appreciate.

I would love to hear what you appreciate, share in the comments! ❤️

I am immensely appreciative for the beautiful relationships I have in my life…with my partner, my children, my friends, my partners family. Thinking about how much each of these people mean to me brings me tears of joy.

How much time do you spend focusing on what you want versus what you fear?

For example, do you spend a lot of time worrying about whether the relationship will last, whether he loves you, whether he will continue asking you out?

How would it feel to instead focus on what you want…that extraordinary relationship with your soulmate?

To do this, first you need to be clear on what you want looks like and bring it to life now.  Imagine how it would look and feel.  Be very specific.  Bring it closer and make it bigger…celebrate the victory of your achieving what you want!

Second, you need to become aware of when you slip into fear and then consciously choose to shift your focus to what you desire.  How you know when you are slipping into your fear is you may be experiencing emotions such as sadness, anxiety, depression.

You see, you have a choice on where you focus your energy.

When you focus on your fear it makes it real and you feel the emotions associated with it.  And this is your point of attraction…keep doing it and you may manifest whatever you are fearing.

When you focus on what you want, and have a clear picture of this, you can bring it closer and allow yourself to feel the emotions associated with having it.  This is your point of attraction now!

You get to decide what you focus on!

In my upcoming Heartfelt Love Group Coaching Program, one of the things I will be helping you do is to work on what you want your beautiful soulmate relationship to look like and feel like and help you connect with how you want to feel in your relationship.  We will also work on tools to help you shift from focusing on your fears to focusing on the heartfelt love you desire.

I am sooo excited to be offering this program!

You will fall in love with yourself and he will too 

To learn more about my Heartfelt Love Program, visit the link below and reach out to me with any questions.  

Heartfelt Love Group Coaching Program